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Arancia di Capri is another scent from the Blu Mediterraneo line of fragrances from Acqua di Parma. I’m going to post even more reviews from this lineup in the coming weeks, but I figured I would start here, with what I consider one of the best smelling colognes of the bunch. What does it smell like? How does it perform? When should it be worn? Continue below for my full thoughts on this scent.
What does Arancia di Capri Smell Like?
Notes include: mandarin orange, caramel, petitgrain, musk, bergamot, grapefruit
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The opening of Arancia di Capri is an immediate aromatic sensation of citrus fruits, mainly the mandarin orange and bergamot notes. Acqua Di Parma, really does a fantastic job with the citrus notes in their fragrances. They are absolutely some of the best on the market. All very crisp, juicy, and don’t smell synthetic.
Arancia di Capri is a fresh scent that triggers memories of walking around in the open air on a warm summer day. There is a hint of musk in the composition, which gives the scent more depth than the citrus notes would otherwise provide.
About 20 minutes in, the caramel note emerges with it’s sugary sweetness, which provides an interesting partnership with the mandarin orange. Cardamom and musk deliver a warm and nice bit of depth to the fragrance, but it is mostly a sweet citrus perfume.
Projection wise, the opening is strong but it settles extremely quickly into a skin scent. It is better that the performance I got while wearing Bergamotto di Calabria, but it still isn’t great.
I get about 4-5 hours out of it as a skin scent, with a normal spray. You can double up the sprays, apply a layer of unscented lotion to your skin prior to wear, or spray it directly on the fabric of a shirt that you don’t mind potentially damaging. For instance, I sprayed this on an old t-shirt and the performance was much better.
Seasonally, this is warm weather all the way. It’s really a fantastic aroma for this time of year and extremely well put together. I wish the intensity was scaled up and then it would be near perfection because the scent does smell wonderful.
If the cardamom and caramel were stronger, this would be a heavier winter fragrance. But, as constituted this is a citrus summer fragrance.
Overall, do I recommend Arancia di Capri? Yes. It is one of the best scents from Acqua di Parma and a true highlight in the citrus fragrance space. Is the performance great? No. But if you can get it for a good price and use some techniques to stretch out the longevity, it can be an absolute winner in the summertime.
The orange note is fantastic and quite realistic. That’s really the highlight of this Acqua di Parma scent. I wish it could hold up better than it does, but outside of that, Arancia di Capri is great.
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Best Men’s Colognes started back in 2013, as a way to share my learning experiences with different fragrances, as I dove head first into the hobby. Since then, I have written hundreds of reviews and other pages about perfumes and colognes.